THIRD ANNUAL AB 540 SCHOLARSHIP
AWARDS BANQUETTO
BE HELD AT LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE

Los Angeles Mission College
(LAMC) M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) is
organizing the Third Annual AB 540 Scholarship Awards Banquet.
The theme for this year's event is "United For Education."
City Councilman Antonio Cardenas will give the keynote address at the
banquet. Special guest speakers will include Los Angeles Community College
Board Member Warren Furutani. There will be food from around the world
and entertainment. The banquet will take place on Friday, May 13, 2005,
at LAMC's Campus Activities Center from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

The AB 540 law, authored by Assemblyman Marco Antonio Firebaugh and enacted
in January of 2002, exempts eligible high school students from paying
non-resident tuition in California's public institutions of higher learning.
That same year, LAMC's Associated Student Organization (ASO), M.E.Ch.A.
and Political Science Club took the initiative  out of all public
institutions of higher education in California  to establish a scholarship
fund for eligible students. The AB 540 Scholarship Awards Banquet is the
primary vehicle for raising the funds needed which will then be awarded
as scholarships to eligible AB 540 students. There is a great need in
our community to provide this valuable support for our students, since
most AB 540 students are not eligible for federal funding or most other
sources of financial aid, regardless of their academic potential.

Please save the date, and join us for this special event. The AB 540
Scholarship Awards Banquet will take place on Friday, May 13 at Los
Angeles Mission College from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. To RSVP or to request
additional information, please contact Salvador Rodriguez, President of
LAMC M.E.Ch.A. at (818) 897-6155, or Melissa B. Sanvicente, Chair of the
Third Annual AB 540 Scholarship Committee, or José A. Maldonado,
Instructor of Chicano Studies and M.E.Ch.A. Faculty Advisor at (818) 833-3412.